Needle-plate for sewing-machines.



N. WOGLEEY. v NEEDLE PLATE EOR SEWING MACHINES. APPLIOATION'HLED 00T. 30,'190-7.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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UNTED STATES NAOMI WOOLSEY, LOS NGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NEEDLE-PLATE Specification of Letters Patent.

F93 SEWING-Macmnss. I

i .citizen of the United States, residing at Los .L p The invention may lentforms, and

Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and' 'useful Needle-Plate for Sewin Machines, of

which the following is a speci cation.

An objectof this invention is to provide for sewing-machines a superior attachment of that class of devices whereby such machine can be made efficient for making embroidery, Spanish drawn-work, and Battenberg work, and for darning broken or worn fabrics.

be embodied in differ'- I shall illustrate the `same in two, forms which are capable of use on rotary sewing-machines, although I do not pro- 'ose to limit the inventionto lany specific orm or construction in which it may be embodied. Y

The invention com rises a sewing-machine needlecess an( with a tubular thread-guide extending downwardly through and surrounded by ,'aecess and arranged coaxially with relation to and forming an extension of the needlehole of the plate; said plate being constructedU and adaptedto be connected with 4the bedplate of a sewing-machine and to formabove said bed-plate a protuberance having a sloprim. Said protuberance may-be formedinvention.

-a beveled 2 an as a projection from the top surface of the plate, or it may be formedby the late itself, the edges of saidplate being beve ed to form the sloping rim o the rotuberance.

, The accompanying rawings illustrate the Figure 1 is a fragmentalview of'a sewingmachineprovided with the invention in one form of embodiment deemed preferable for general work. Fig. 2 is a like view of a machine provided with the improvement in a form of vembodiment more especially ada ted for silk embroidery. 31s a longitu( inal section on line :eL-x, 1 4 and 5, of the" form shown in Fig. y1'. ig. 4 is a section taken at right angles to the section in Fig. 3, on line x, Figs. 3 and 5. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the form shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. Fig. 6 is a section on line rv, Figs. 7 and 8, of the plate' shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a section on line xl, Figs. 6 and 8. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the plate shown in Fig.2.

.This newly invented needle plate comprises an upwardly (proectin plate 1 having a apte to support the late provide underneath with a ite-' embroidery or other material, not shown, to be o erated upon, and is provided with a need e-hole 3 and with a recess 4 surrounding a downwardly-extending tubular threadguide 5. Said recess 4 is of appropriate dimensions to chamber that portion of the feed 6 of the sewing-machine which usually projects above the surface of the sewing-machine bedlate 7. Said vtubular thread- `guide exten( s downward through the usual slot 8 in the feed so thatno obstruction is offered to the operation'of the feed. y

In practice, when it is desired to use the 'sewing-machine for doing embroidery work, Battenberg work, or the like, the presser-foot and the needle-plate, not.sliown, Will be first removed from the machine. Then the newly-invented needlelate will be placed in position with the beve ed rim upward and the recess in osition to receive the feed, While the tubu ar'thread-guide extends down `throu h the slotted feed. The needle-plate will tien be secured in lace by suitable means, as screws 9 inserte( through holes in the needle-plate.

the fabric or other body upon which the emposition over the needle-plate and will be moved to and fro as may be necessary for doing the Work.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and,

tensive with thelrim of they plate itself, the

' ally from theface of the plate to the base of the plate thus to allow the embroidery, and so forth, to be moved freely over the same Without catching.

- In the form shown in Figs. 2, 6', 7 and 8, a lprojection 11 of comparatively small dimensions, is provided on the face' of the plate in the form of a protuberancc in the midst of a face of considerableextent which surrounds said protuberance, the sides .of the protuber- The purpose of this construction isto cause an u Ward bulge inthe portion 'of the embroi ery which is being. directly o erated the rest of the embroidery. By this construction the Work of embroiderin is greatly facilitated.. The pro'ec'tion is in t e form of a protuberance 11 W ich'is preferably elongated.

Patented May 25, 190e.

Application meu oaoberao, 1901. Vsenin No. 399,961.

When this is done, the` ,machine is ready for operation, whereuponY broidery is to be made will be. brought into the beveled rim 2 is approximately co-ex-I edges of which are beveled, sloping graduance sloping gradually to the plain face 10.

upon and to hold the same above the evel of l Preferably, a portion of the margin of the plate is semicircular, as yshown at 12, and in the form of plate shown in Fi 1 a recess 13 is providedto it over the e ge ofgthe bede plate Y7, and the edes ofthe needle-plate are rounded and slo e the material of t e work, not shown, will not catch on any of they edges.

'I he purposeof the tubular thread-guide 5 is to carry the thread down below the teeth or points of the feed 6 so that there is no 'danger of the thread loops being caught b'y the teeth or points of the feed, and so as to insure lthat the loop will 4he caught by thev under thread. In practical use, by providing the plate constructed as-set forth, thel operator can move the embroidery or other fancy Work freely without any liability of` catching; and the Work -is greatly facilitated as compared with the usecf former devicesin which the protuherance `formed by the plate has been oi' an angular character.

What I claim isz- I l y 1' i. A needlefplate for sewing-machines comprising a plate having a needle-hole and having a recess in its lower face around the needle-hole, and a ltubular thread-guide eX- tending downwardly from the plate through the recess and forming an extension of the needle-hole.- Y

2. A; needlelate for .sewing-machines comprising a p ate havin extending upwardly and aving a needle'- hole centrally located through the protuherance and having a recess its lower facearoundthe needle-hole and a tubular threadas shown at '14, so that tuberance throu 'thief r a protuberance guide extending downwardlythrough Ithere-` cessiy and forming aA y n -f 3; In a sewing-ma with thel bed-plate, j 0f l a needle-hole and having a' face around the needlelh e thread-guide extending downw y the plate thrOugl fthe rece" iid 'formingan extension of the `needle-h aid tubular 4 5 thread-guide extending into ,l slotf'if,the feed to rote'ct the threadfron t ev actionoff 4. In a sewin machin vthe"combina 'on` with the bed-p ate `an p vd ',ja needlefplate havingjanupw protuberance and ,havn through the protuberfancw a ,A cess in the lovve1`-fac'fe the around the needle-hole,` atu u guide` ectending dow,I,1V'V1,`d13

an extensionof t eneedI thread-'guide operating to protect the thread feed.l

my handat LosAn' "d day of October, `190 In presence of-'f u vJAMES, Rs T 

